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Synonyms for assort
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uh-sawrt |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɔrt |
Définition of assort
Origin :- late 15c., "to distribute into groups," from Middle French assortir (15c.), from Old French assorter "to assort, match," from a- "to" (see ad-) + sorte "kind" (see sort). Related: Assorted; assorting.
- verb arrange or order
- After council I went to work to assort the articles to be sold, etc.
- Extract from : « William Clayton's Journal » by William Clayton
- "Coming," said Phyllis simply; and went in to assort her babies.
- Extract from : « The Wishing-Ring Man » by Margaret Widdemer
- It is better to have each card different, and to assort the flags, so that every card may contain some not very generally known.
- Extract from : « Bright Ideas for Entertaining » by Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott
- Assort′edness; Assort′ment, act of assorting: a quantity or number of things assorted: variety.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- It is customary to assort the currency of from one to four groups by banks each day.
- Extract from : « The Galaxy, May, 1877 » by Various
- Obviously the artist may assort any two or more of these varieties in the same picture.
- Extract from : « Art Principles » by Ernest Govett
- It could assort and apply the information that the state, at great expense, accumulates through its various separate agencies.
- Extract from : « The Country-Life Movement in the United States » by L.H. Bailey
- No more need of our daily Committee and their pleasant aids, to unpack and assort supplies for our sick and wounded.
- Extract from : « Woman's Work in the Civil War » by Linus Pierpont Brockett
- But I was to have neither time to gather my wits nor quiet to assort my emotions: for the full issue of that night was not yet.
- Extract from : « The Hole in the Wall » by Arthur Morrison
- Still, it is difficult always to assort your company to your satisfaction and theirs.
- Extract from : « The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners » by Eliza Leslie
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